Lupita Nyong'o's $150k Oscar Gown Returned In Garbage Bag After Thief Discovers The Pearls Were Fake

A dress believed to be the custom gown taken from Lupita Nyong'o's hotel room earlier this week has been recovered, a sheriff's official said on Friday. Los Angeles sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Nishida says the dress found on Friday afternoon at a West Hollywood hotel 'greatly resembles' the pearl-adorned Calvin Klein dress Nyong'o wore to Sunday's Academy Awards.

And it seems the thief had a change of heart after realizing the pearls on the dress were fake, not realizing the estimated $150,000 cost of the gown was more a reflection of the couture-quality work that went into its creation and not in fact the baubles adoring it.

Furthermore, neither Nyong'o, her stylist Micaela Erlanger or Calvin Klein creative director Francisco Copsta ever said the gown was adorned with real pearls. Speaking about the discovery on Saturday, Nyong'o said to Women's Wear Daily: 'I'm happy that it has been potentially recovered. It's a timeless and priceless piece of art.'  

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